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A New D.A. for Centre County

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Many of you Penn State alumni and fans who are scatteredfar and wide might have missed seeing the outcome of a little county election in Pennsylvania.

Fear not! From our friend Todd over at The Lion’s Den, comes this tidbit.

From the Daily Collegian:

Democratic district attorney candidate Stacy Parks Miller won the municipal election Tuesday over Republican incumbent Michael Madeira, taking 64.7 percent of the votes in Centre County. ??? ???? ????? ?? ???????? ??????

Todd writes:

The margin of victory is clear evidence as to how the voters felt Madeira was “doing his job.” Hopefully [Miller] will do her job and not waste taxpayer money by trumping up charges against Penn State football players to [keep] her name in the papers.

This Turkey says “amen!”

I realize that the vagaries of politics sometimes create the need for coloring outside the lines. However, one sure way not to be reelected — as Madeira so graphically illustrated (albeit ineptly and unwittingly self-sacrificially) — is to pick on the only game in town!

Austin Scott Suing PSU

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Claiming that the university’s actions in his arrest and prosecution for rape charges caused him to miss out on a lucrative NFL career, former Nittany Lion running back Austin Scott is suing Penn State for damages. Scott was originally signed as an undrafted free agent by the Cleveland Browns, but was subsequently given his walking papers.

It will be hard to find a judge and jury who can be made to believe that Scott would have been viable in the NFL, much less a star. Instead, perhaps he could have made it on Dancing With the Stars. We’ll never know.

Read more here.

Notice Anything?

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I hope I don’t jinx anything, but do I detect that this Penn State team is getting serious about playing football? With the SSMNC game a distinct possibility, is the farting around, partying, pot smoking, and underage drinking giving way to a nose to the grindstone work ethic? Has peer leadership finally gained a firm foothold?

I can’t answer any of these questions myself. ????? ????? ?? ???????? However, the evidence suggests that the answers are all affirmative. ??? ???? ????? It’s damn well time these kids realized what a privilege it is to play for Penn State. ????? ??? ???? Maybe it has finally sunk in.